Month: May 2017

The device is set to help blind people identify colours and shades, and act as a contactless payment method. A student from Nottingham Trent University has leveraged 3D technology to design a wearable device that can help the visually impaired identify colours. Andrew Cowen, a 23-year-old Product Design student, was inspired by his grandmother who…

Siemens Mobility is a company that builds on mobility concepts that have the potential to make transportation and the business models therein more efficient and innovative. When they partnered with SWU Verkehr GmbH in 2003, they had one main goal, and that was to keep vehicle availability as high as possible. The first project these…

The UK manufacturing industry is calling on government to step up and do more to encourage young people to consider engineering as a career and, thereby, help to close the ongoing skills gap. This is according to a new poll of over 600 industry professionals commissioned by engineering supply chain exhibition Subcon in association with…

Hundreds of people every year in the Caribbean nation lose limbs as a result of machete accidents in sugar cane fields. Left: Dean Rock, e-NABLE Volunteer; Right: John Curran, Portland Rotarian. The Rotary Club of Portland, Maine has teamed up with e-NABLE to 3D print prosthetic arms for amputees in the Dominican Republic. Hundreds of…

The 1952 Ferrari 225 which Redesign Sports Ltd managed to get back on the track for the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. The United Kingdom has long fancied itself as a hub of engineering. It has a chronicled history of playing its part in the early days of motor vehicle development, and housing production facilities of…